The Mountain West Conference has announced the addition of Northern Illinois in football after the school's board of trustees ...

Northern Illinois has accepted an invitation to join the Mountain West for football only in 2026, the school and conference ...

The Mountain West Conference will have nine football-playing members for the 2026 season.  Northern Illinois was officially ...

Northern Illinois confirmed on Tuesday that it is joining the Mountain West in 2026 as a football-only member.

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Mountains are exactly what comes to mind when you think of Illinois, but one of the state’s football programs has officially made the move to the Mountain West Conference. The league announced the ...

Northern Illinois’ board of trustees will meet Tuesday to discuss and vote on the acceptance of an invitation to join the ...

Northern Illinois will join the Mountain West as a football-only member in 2026, joining Air Force, Hawai'i, UNLV, Nevada, ...

The Mountain West Conference announced the addition of Northern Illinois University as a football-only member beginning July ...

The Mountain West Conference on Tuesday announced the addition of Northern Illinois University as a football-only member ...

The Mountain West added a perennial contender from another conference as a football-only member, giving the league nine teams ...

Another football program is set to join the Mountain West. The conference announced on Tuesday that Northern Illinois (NIU) ...